traction control Citroen C4 CACTUS RHD 2015 1.G Owner's Manual

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Electronic Stability Control (ESC) incorporating the f ollowing s ystems:
-
 an

ti-lock
 b
raking
 s
ystem
 (
ABS)
 a
nd
 t
he
 el

ectronic
 b
rake
 f
orce
 d
istribution
 (
EBFD),
-
 em

ergency
 b
raking
 a
ssistance
 (
EBA),
-
 wh

eel
 a
nti-slip
 r
egulation
 (
ASR)
 o
r
 t
raction
 co

ntrol,
-
 dy

namic
 s
tability
 c
ontrol
 (
DSC).
Electronic stability control (ESC)
Definitions
Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
and electronic brake force
distribution (EBFD)
This system improves the stability and manoeuvrability o f y our v ehicle w hen b raking an

d
 c
ontributes
 t
owards
 i
mproved
 c
ontrol
 i
n
 co

rners,
 i
n
 p
articular
 o
n
 p
oor
 o
r
 s
lippery
 r
oad
 sur

faces.
The
 A

BS
 p
revents
 w
heel
 l
ock
 i
n
 t
he
 e
vent
 o
f
 emer

gency
 br
aking.
The
 e

lectronic
 b
rake
 f
orce
 d
istribution
 s
ystem
 ma

nages
 t
he
 b
raking
 p
ressure
 w
heel
 b
y
 w
heel.
Emergency braking assistance
(EBA)
In an emergency, this system enables you to reach t he o ptimum b raking p ressure m ore qu

ickly
 a
nd
 t
herefore
 r
educe
 t
he
 s
topping
 dist

ance.
It
 i

s
 t
riggered
 a
ccording
 t
o
 t
he
 s
peed
 a
t
 w
hich
 th

e
 b
rake
 p
edal
 i
s
 p
ressed.
 T
his
 i
s
 f
elt
 b
y
 a re

duction
 i
n
 t
he
 r
esistance
 o
f
 t
he
 p
edal
 a
nd
 a
n
 in

crease
 i
n
 t
he
 e
ffectiveness
 o
f
 t
he
 b
raking.
Anti-slip regulation (ASR)
The ASR system (also known as Traction Control) o ptimises t raction i n o rder t o l imit wh

eel
 s
lip
 b
y
 a
cting
 o
n
 t
he
 b
rakes
 o
f
 t
he
 d
riving
 wh

eels
 a
nd
 o
n
 t
he
 e
ngine.
 I
t
 a
lso
 i
mproves
 th

e
 d
irectional
 s
tability
 o
f
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 o
n
 ac

celeration.
Dynamic stability control (DSC)
If there is a difference between the path followed b y t he v ehicle a nd t hat r equired b y th

e
 d
river,
 t
he
 D
SC
 m
onitors
 e
ach
 w
heel
 a
nd
 au

tomatically
 a
cts
 o
n
 t
he
 b
rake
 o
f
 o
ne
 o
r
 m
ore
 wh

eels
 a
nd
 o
n
 t
he
 e
ngine
 t
o
 r
eturn
 t
he
 v
ehicle
 to t

he
 r
equired
 p
ath,
 w
ithin
 t
he
 l
imits
 o
f
 t
he
 l
aws
 of p

hysics.
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